Graduate Program in Physics at UFSC, Florianópolis

Professor Ivan Helmuth Bechtold, a full professor in the Physics department at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (FSC/UFSC), has been elected as the President of the Brazilian Materials Research Society (SBPMat) for the term spanning 2024-2025. Notably, this marks the first time that a leader from the southern region of Brazil has chaired SBPMat, as all previous presidents hailed from the Southeast.

SBPMat is an organization that unites researchers from diverse fields, including Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Health Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, and Engineering, who are engaged in studies focused on the practical applications of materials. The annual flagship event of SBPMat, known as the Brazilian Materials Research Society (B-MRS), typically draws around 1,500 participants from across Brazil and various other countries.

For additional information, you can visit the SBPMat website, check out their Instagram, or contact Professor Ivan Bechtold via email at .

Every year, the city of Lindau in Germany hosts a meeting between Nobel Prize winners and young scientists. In the 2023 edition, which was dedicated to medicine, five Brazilian students were selected for the event. This year, the 2024 meeting will focus on physics. We are very proud to hear that our students, Carline Biesdorf and Cheryl Henkels, have been shortlisted by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC). It’s worth remembering that Brazil can only nominate four people in this edition, which means we get half the places! The PPGFSC congratulates the students and their advisors on this achievement!